Wise Fool Digest: Week of April 5

Good news, for real!

Hi, all. This week’s digest is a hair late due to the holiday and some travel. But good stuff to share.

I’m adding an “updates from the Wise Economy Network” section at the end to do a better job of connecting in some of the other initiatives that I’m involved with in some manner. One of my core beliefs is that we need to work through networks to make the big impacts, and I think you’ll enjoy getting to know some of the network initiatives that I’ve had the priviledge to touch. So look for that after the news articles. Thanks!

Washington supplied the dollars to save small businesses, you supply the strategy.

We all know that the federal support for small business (on top of what local

communities are doing), has the potential to make a huge impact on a sector that was struggling long before struggling shop owners became one of the faces of the COVID-19 pandemic. As this piece from Brooking lays out, however, there’s a good risk that this money will fail to have that impact if our lo…